Garter



Jan. 13, 1925.

A. M. MALOUF GARTER Filed June 16, 1924 Patented dan. 13, `1925.

ABRAHAM M. MALOUF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARTER,

Application filed June 16, 1924. Serial No. 720,267.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that l, ABRAHAM M. MALoUr, a citizen of the United States,residing at N ew York, in the county o-f Kings and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Garter, of which the following is aspecification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a garter ofthat general sort shown in my prior Patent No. 1,454,754, granted on May8, 1923.

The object of this invention is so to construct a garter that one stepin the manufacture of the garter shown in the patent alluded to may beomitted, that step consisting in cutting off the tongue.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown, can be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a garter constructed in accordancewith the invention; Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the garter.Figure 8 is a fragmental elevation showing the utility of the presentimprovements, as compared with a garter constructed in accordance withthe patent above identified by number; and Figure 4 is a longitudinalsection of the device depicted in Figure 3.

The device shown in Figures 1 and 2 Ycomprises a flexible strap 5, thestrap ordinarily being inelastic and being formed into a long main loop6 comprising' an inner member 7 and an outer member 8, the outer member8 being extended to form the inner member 11 of a short dependingauxiliary loop 9, the outer member of which is denoted by the numeral10, the inner member 11 of the auxiliary loop 9, being located betweenthe outer member of the auxiliary loop 9 and the outer member 8 of themain loop 6, the outer member 10 of the auxiliary loop 9 being continuedto fashion a depending tongue 12 located between the inner member 7 oft-he main loop 6 and the outer member 8 of the said loop, the members 7,8, 11 and 10, and the tongue 12, being connected in any suitable way,for instance, by stitching 14. A rider 3 is mounted to slide on theouter 6o member S of the main loop 6 and has a stud 15 adapted to beengaged with a loopshaped keeper 1 mounted in the auxiliary loop 9.

ln my prior' Patent N o. 1,454,754, granted 65 on May 8, 1923, and inFigures 3 and 4 of the drawings of the present case, there is shown adevice of the class described, lcomprising a strap 20, fashioned into amain loop 21 including an inner member 22 and an outer member 23, theouter member being extended to form the outer member 24 of an auxiliaryloop 25, the inner member 26 of the auxiliary loop terminating in atongue 28 located between the inner member 26 of the auxiliary loop andthe outer member 23 of the main loop 21, the fastening means appear'-ing at 29 and the keeper at 27.

Owing to the way in which the device Shown in Figures 3 and 4 of thedrawings is e manufactured, it is not possible to have the tongue 28 asshort as shown in Figure 4 when the device is stitched as at 29, nor isit possible to have the tongue 12 of Figure 2 as short as the tongue28and still stitch r the parts as at 10. The tongue 28, in practice, has along depending end 35, as in Figure 3, extending below the shortauxiliary loop 25; and this end 35 has to be cut olf, therebynecessitating an additional step in the making of the device. In theform shown in Figures l and 2, the step which consists in cutting offthe tongue is not necessary because the tongue 12 is located between themembers 7 and 8 of the long main loop 6, the loop 6 being of such lengththat it will always house the tongue 12.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A device of the class described, comprising a flexible strap formed intoa main loop comprising' an inner member and an outer member, the outermember being extended to form the inner member of an auxiliary loopwhich is shorter than Jthe main loop, the inner member of the auxiliaryloop being continued to form the outer member of the auxiliary loop, theouter member of the auxiliary loop terminating in a tongue housedbetween the inner and outer members of tlieman loo-p, means forConnecting both a members of each loop and the tongue, rider slidaloleon the outer member of the main loop, and a keeper suspended in theauxiliary loop and cooperating With the rider.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing a nature in the presence s myoWn, I have hereto afxed my sigofV two Witnesses.

ABRAHAM M. MALOUF.

Witnesses:

F. M. MALOUF, W. L. MALOUF.

